| caimitillo | (noun) tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit | Synonyms: Chrysophyllum oliviforme, damson plum, satin leaf, satinleaf |
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| caimito | (noun) evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides | Synonyms: Chrysophyllum cainito, star apple |
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| calando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and volume | - |
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| calico | (adjective) made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned | - |
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| (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
| (noun) coarse cloth with a bright print | - |
| calypso | (noun) rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf | Synonyms: Calypso bulbosa, fairy-slipper |
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| cameo | (noun) engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring) | - |
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| camo | (noun) fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background | Synonyms: camouflage |
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| canto | (noun) a major division of a long poem | - |
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| (noun) the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music | - |
| capo | (noun) the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate | - |
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| cappuccino | (noun) equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream | Synonyms: cappuccino coffee, coffee cappuccino |
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| capriccio | (noun) an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation | - |
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| carabao | (noun) water buffalo of the Philippines | - |
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| caracolito | (noun) large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families | Synonyms: Ruptiliocarpon caracolito |
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| carbonado | (noun) a piece of meat (or fish) that has been scored and broiled | - |
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| (noun) an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing | Synonyms: black diamond |
| cargo | (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment |
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| carrizo | (noun) tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts | Synonyms: common reed, ditch reed, Phragmites communis |
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| casino | (noun) a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand | Synonyms: cassino |
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| (noun) a public building for gambling and entertainment | Synonyms: gambling casino |
| cassino | (noun) a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand | Synonyms: casino |
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| castrato | (noun) a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice | - |
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| cattalo | (noun) hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds | Synonyms: beefalo |
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| cavetto | (noun) a concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section | - |
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| ceibo | (noun) small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered | Synonyms: common coral tree, cry-baby tree, crybaby tree, Erythrina crista-galli |
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| cello | (noun) a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing | Synonyms: violoncello |
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| cembalo | (noun) a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots | Synonyms: harpsichord |
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| centavo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal | - |
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| centesimo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile | - |
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| centimo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain | - |
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| cero | (noun) large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters | Synonyms: kingfish, pintado, Scomberomorus regalis |
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| (noun) large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil | Synonyms: cavalla, king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla |
| cheerio | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long |
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| chiaroscuro | (noun) a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color | - |
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| chino | (noun) a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms | - |
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| chorizo | (noun) a spicy Spanish pork sausage | - |
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| churrigueresco | (adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation | Synonyms: baroque, churrigueresque |
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| ciao | (noun) an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) | Synonyms: aloha |
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| cicero | (noun) a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em | - |
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| cigarillo | (noun) small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper | - |
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| cilantro | (noun) parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish | Synonyms: Chinese parsley, coriander |
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| (noun) Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley | Synonyms: Chinese parsley, coriander, coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum |
| cirio | (noun) candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers | Synonyms: boojum tree, Fouquieria columnaris, Idria columnaris |
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| cisco | (noun) important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America | Synonyms: Coregonus artedi, lake herring |
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| (noun) cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward | Synonyms: lake herring |
| claro | (noun) a cigar made with light-colored tobacco | - |
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| cockatoo | (noun) white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds | - |
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| coco | (noun) tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics | Synonyms: coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut, coconut palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera |
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| cocobolo | (noun) a valuable timber tree of tropical South America | Synonyms: Dalbergia retusa |
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| coho | (noun) small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes | Synonyms: blue jack, coho salmon, cohoe, Oncorhynchus kisutch, silver salmon |
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| (noun) fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes | Synonyms: coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon |
| coloradillo | (noun) handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil | Synonyms: Hamelia erecta, Hamelia patens, scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia |
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| colugo | (noun) arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps | Synonyms: flying cat, flying lemur |
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| columbo | (noun) any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington | Synonyms: American columbo, American gentian, deer's-ear, deer's-ears, pyramid plant |
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| combo | (noun) a small band of jazz musicians | Synonyms: jazz band, jazz group |
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| comedo | (noun) a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin | Synonyms: blackhead |
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| commando | (noun) an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory | - |
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| (noun) a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids | Synonyms: ranger |
| concerto | (noun) a composition for orchestra and a soloist | - |
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| condo | (noun) one of the dwelling units in a condominium | Synonyms: condominium |
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| congo | (noun) black tea grown in China | Synonyms: congou, congou tea, English breakfast tea |
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| contadino | (noun) an Italian farmer | - |
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| continuo | (noun) a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played | Synonyms: basso continuo, figured bass, thorough bass |
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| conto | (noun) 1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal | - |
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| contrafagotto | (noun) the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family | Synonyms: contrabassoon, double bassoon |
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| contralto | (adjective) of or being the lowest female voice | Synonyms: alto |
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| (noun) the lowest female singing voice | Synonyms: alto |
| (noun) a woman singer having a contralto voice | - |
| coo | (noun) the sound made by a pigeon | - |
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| (verb) cry softly, as of pigeons | - |
| (verb) speak softly or lovingly | - |
| corozo | (noun) any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts | Synonyms: corozo palm |
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| credo | (noun) any system of principles or beliefs | Synonyms: creed |
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| crescendo | (adjective) (music) gradually increasing in volume | - |
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| (noun) (music) a gradual increase in loudness | - |
| (verb) grow louder | - |
| criollo | (noun) cocoa of superior quality | - |
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| (noun) a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish) | - |
| cuckoo | (noun) any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail | - |
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| (noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany |
| (verb) repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call | - |
| culteranismo | (noun) an esoteric style of writing that attempted to elevate poetic language and themes by re-Latinizing them, using classical allusions, vocabulary, syntax, and word order. | Synonyms: Gongorismo |
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| curacao | (noun) flavored with sour orange peel | Synonyms: curacoa |
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| curandero | (noun) a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans | - |
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| curio | (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | Synonyms: curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity |
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| dado | (noun) panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall | Synonyms: wainscot |
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| (noun) a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it | - |
| (noun) the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase | - |
| (verb) cut a dado into or fit into a dado | - |
| (verb) provide with a dado | - |
| dago | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent | Synonyms: ginzo, greaseball, Guinea, wop |
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| dalo | (noun) herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves | Synonyms: Colocasia esculenta, dasheen, taro, taro plant |
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| deco | (noun) a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production | Synonyms: art deco |
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| decrescendo | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in volume | Synonyms: diminuendo |
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| (noun) (music) a gradual decrease in loudness | Synonyms: diminuendo |
| (verb) grow quieter | - |
| dekko | (noun) British slang for a look | - |
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| demo | (noun) a visual presentation showing how something works | Synonyms: demonstration |
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| (verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demonstrate, exhibit, present, show |
| deprecatio | (noun) a praying against evil, against others, or oneself; a prayer for the removal of some evil. | - |
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| desperado | (noun) a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) | Synonyms: desperate criminal |
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| diazo | (adjective) relating to or containing diazonium | - |
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| dildo | (noun) a vibrating device that substitutes for an erect penis to provide vaginal stimulation | - |
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| diminuendo | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in volume | Synonyms: decrescendo |
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| (noun) (music) a gradual decrease in loudness | Synonyms: decrescendo |
| dinero | (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
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| dingo | (noun) wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia | Synonyms: Canis dingo, warragal, warrigal |
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| disco | (noun) a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music | Synonyms: discotheque |
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| (noun) popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques | Synonyms: disco music |
| (verb) dance to disco music | - |
| ditto | (noun) a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated | Synonyms: ditto mark |
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| (verb) repeat an action or statement | - |
| divertimento | (noun) a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form | Synonyms: serenade |
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| do | (noun) an uproarious party | Synonyms: bash, brawl |
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| (noun) the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization | Synonyms: doh, ut |
| (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, dress, set |
| (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport |
| (verb) create or design, often in a certain way | Synonyms: make |
| (verb) carry out or perform an action | Synonyms: execute, perform |
| (verb) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally | Synonyms: cause, make |
| (verb) travel or traverse (a distance) | - |
| (verb) engage in | Synonyms: make |
| (verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | Synonyms: exercise, practice, practise |
| (verb) carry on or function | Synonyms: manage |
| (verb) get (something) done | Synonyms: perform |
| (verb) proceed or get along | Synonyms: come, fare, get along, make out |
| (verb) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity | Synonyms: answer, serve, suffice |
| (verb) spend time in prison or in a labor camp | Synonyms: serve |
| dodo | (noun) extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons | Synonyms: Raphus cucullatus |
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| (noun) someone whose style is out of fashion | Synonyms: fogey, fogy, fossil |
| doggo | (adverb) quietly in concealment | Synonyms: in hiding, out of sight |
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| domino | (noun) a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots | - |
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| (noun) a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes | Synonyms: eye mask, half mask |
| (noun) a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume | - |
| duo | (noun) a musical composition for two performers | Synonyms: duet, duette |
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| (noun) a pair who associate with one another | Synonyms: couple, duet, twosome |
| (noun) two performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: duet, duette |
| (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
| duomo | (noun) the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese | Synonyms: cathedral |
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| dynamo | (noun) generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature | - |
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| echo | (noun) an imitation or repetition | - |
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| (noun) the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves | Synonyms: replication, reverberation, sound reflection |
| (noun) a reflected television or radio or radar beam | - |
| (noun) a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc. | - |
| (noun) a reply that repeats what has just been said | - |
| (verb) to say again or imitate | Synonyms: repeat |
| (verb) ring or echo with sound | Synonyms: resound, reverberate, ring |
| (verb) bring to mind | Synonyms: recall |
| eddo | (noun) edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants | Synonyms: cocoyam, dasheen, taro |
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| ego | (noun) (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind | - |
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| (noun) your consciousness of your own identity | Synonyms: self |
| (noun) an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others | Synonyms: egotism, self-importance |
| eightvo | (noun) the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves | Synonyms: 8vo, octavo |
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| eldorado | (noun) an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers | Synonyms: El Dorado |
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| embargo | (noun) a government order imposing a trade barrier | Synonyms: trade embargo, trade stoppage |
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| (verb) prevent commerce | - |
| (verb) ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons | - |
| embryo | (noun) an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | Synonyms: conceptus, fertilized egg |
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| (noun) (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium | - |
| ergo | (adverb) (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently | - |
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